Are you on Twitter? I joined Twitter this year and although I follow less than 75 people this is a selection of the latest information about New Zealand libraries from many tweeting library heroes.

I’ll be posting an update each day, so that you too can keep up to date with what’s happening around the country.

• A proposal to cut opening hours at Dunedin’s central city library from the Otago Daily Times via @sallyheroes.
• New blog post: Response to New Zealand Listener editoral: E-zy reader from @wifilibrarian.
• What Do Dragon Symbols Mean? In history, and in legends, dragons were used to represent ideas. Western dragons …from @wcl_library. (Kids Blog, Wellington City Libraries)
• Vampires but not as we know them – We all know the typical Twilight-esque vampire, all yearning, suppressed sexuali… from @ChristchurchLib. (Book Review: Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Christchurch City Libraries Blog)
• New history books incl ‘Haiti: from pearl of the Caribbean to broken nation’; ‘100 mistakes that changed history’ + more from  @Auckland_Libs. (New history books, Auckland City Libraries)
• Well done to our poetry contest winners 🙂 and article from Otago Daily Times from @dnlibraries. (2011 Robert Burns Poetry Competition, Dunedin Public Libraries)
• luisathelibrarian writes for The Room of Infinite Diligence Powerpoint: more fun than you think from @Michael_J_Parry. (A community blog consisting of a number of professional librarians from around New Zealand)
• Who writes like… Stieg Larsson: If you’ve read the Millennium trilogy (whilst consuming large quantities of coff… from @wcl_library. (News Blog, Wellington City Libraries)
• Library e-books easier, but still hassle: Libraries have been lending e-books for longer than there’s b…from @thelibrarynews via @wifilibrarian.
• Can you help us promote ALIA Information Online Conference by RT or blogging from @iogau.
• Report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers on the future of eBooks from @ALA_TechSource.
• #aucklibtweetup will be 6 Feb Waitangi Day 12 noon Band Rotunda in AKL Domain. All welcome. Pass it on. Full details http://bit.ly/gHe7f6 from @seanfish.
• Blog post: Ebooks and Libraries: A Stream of Concerns from Information Wants to Be Free via @wifilibrarian.
• Need a bilingual dictionary? Or any dictionary at all?: Studying a language? Brushing up your French/German/Span… from @wcl_library (News Blog, Wellington City Libraries).